# Find the one that doesn't belong **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888 "2010-05-10T07:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/41 "2010-05-18T01:47:38Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. > > a) Lettuce > b) Cheese > c) Onion > d) Jalapeño My guess: (d) – the others are Big Mac ingredients, as per the jingle > [@](#): > > 1. > > a) Dir > b) Sind > c) Kutch > d) Northwest Frontier One possibility: (c) – Kutch is in India, the others are in Pakistan > [@](#): > > 1. > > a) _Common Sense_ > b) _Profiles in Courage_ > c) _The Federalist Papers_ > d) _The Crisis_ How about (c) – each of the others is attributed to one man (Paine for the first and last, Kennedy for _Profiles_, while _The Federalist Papers_ are generally considered to be the joint effort of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay > [@](#): > > 1. > > a) Plato > b) Killer > c) Junior > d) Zero Can it be this easy? (c) – the others are characters in _Beetle Bailey_ ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/42 "2010-05-20T08:24:27Z")
Sternvogel, you got two of them right: 22 and 29. As for the others: 21. Hyoid is a bone; the others are cranial nerves. 23. Dir is a state in India; the others are parts of Pakistan. 24. Beria was never head of state of the USSR. 25. Escutcheon is not part of a cowboy’s riding gear. 26. _Profiles in Courage_ was not written in the late 18th Century. 27. Vera Miles was alone and apprehensive in _Psycho;_ the others refer to Cary Grant in _North by Northwest._ 28. The Declaration is not part of British law. 30. Turmeric is not ordinarily put on a hot dog. 😃 Another ten: 21. a) Sunshine Sammy Morrison b) Daryl Hickman c) Jackie Condon d) Jean Darling 1. a) John Ehrlichman b) Charles Colson c) John Sirica d) John Dean 1. a) Fixing bath b) Developing c) Printing d) Sizing 1. a) A woman in charge of the squad b) An agent who is romantically attracted to one of the other agents c) An obnoxious, talkative lieutenant who nearly drives his suspects to distraction d) A talkative, cocky fellow who is not an agent but assists the agents immeasurably 1. a) Sum function b) Make it fit c) Chart wizard d) Drag formula 1. a) Inclined plane b) Lever c) Board d) Screw 1. a) Douglas MacArthur b) Omar Bradley c) Elmo Zumwalt d) George Marshall 1. a) The Dodgers got more hits but lost 8-1. b) Elmer Smith hit a grand-slam. c) Ossee Schreckengost allowed two passed balls. d) Bill Wambsganss made an unassisted triple play. 1. a) _Cats_ b) _A Chorus Line_ c) _The Mad Show_ d) _Grease_ 1. a) Exuma b) Watling c) Key Largo d) Baffin ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/43 "2010-05-20T09:08:42Z")
1. C. Sirica was the only non Watergate conspirator. He was the judge who tried the case IIRC 2. C. a board is not a simple machine 3. C. Elmo Zumwalt was in the navy. The others were in the army ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/44 "2010-05-20T15:06:53Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. > > a) Exuma > b) Watling > c) Key Largo > d) Baffin I can think of two possibilities.[spoiler]Baffin could be the odd one out, because the others are all in the tropics and Baffin Island is in arctic Canada. Or it could be Exuma. The others are all individual islands, but Exuma is a region of the Bahamas consisting of many islands (the largest of which is Great Exuma Island). Odd that you would mention Exuma. I’d never heard of it, until I flew there about a week ago in Flight Simulator.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/45 "2010-05-27T06:13:14Z")
21 (b) Daryl Hickman did not appear in Our Gang until near the end of the series. 23 (d) Sizing is not part of the photographic developing process. 24 © This describes Columbo, not The Mentalist. 25 (b) This is from WordPerfect, not Excel. 28 © This did not occur in Game 5 of thed 1920 World Series. 29 © This was not a Broadway musical. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/46 "2010-05-27T07:27:24Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 3: _Fidelio_ by Beethoven; the others by Mozart. I’m sorry, but this is terrible. Elvira Madigan was Danish tight-rope walker, about whom a movie was made in 1967, which prominently included Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 in its soundtrack. _Elivra Madigan_ is not “by” Mozart in any reasonable sense. You could say it’s a movie by Bo Widerberg, and speak of the “theme from _Elvira Madigan_,” which is from the Mozart Concerto mentioned above, but that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/47 "2010-05-27T07:46:30Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I’m sorry, but this is terrible. Elvira Madigan was Danish tight-rope walker, about whom a movie was made in 1967, which prominently included Mozart’s Piano Concerto in C major, K. 467 in its soundtrack. > > _Elivra Madigan_ is not “by” Mozart in any reasonable sense. You could say it’s a movie by Bo Widerberg, and speak of the “theme from _Elvira Madigan_,” which is from the Mozart Concerto mentioned above, but that’s it. Oh, all right. :rolleyes: I have a cassette of Mozart music which includes that piece but the liner notes don’t go into that much detail. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/48 "2010-05-28T08:42:37Z")
I hope not… 31. a) Gene Woodling b( Steve Yeager c) Bill Russell d) Davey Lopes 32. a) Tabby b) Rex c) Lhasa apso d) Abyssianian 1. a) Col. Sam Flagg b) Maj. Sidney T. Freedman c) Col. Harlan Sanders d. Lt. Kellye Nakahara 1. a) Going to Jail b) Mortgaging properties c) Converting to hotels d) Castling 1. a) Chile relleno b) Biscotti c) Guacamole d) Flauta ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/49 "2010-05-28T08:50:36Z")
1. C. Lhasa apso is a dog, the others are cats 2. c. Col.sanders wasn’t on MASH 3. D. You don’t castle in Monopoly 4. B. Biscotti isn’t Mexican food. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2010, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/50 "2010-05-28T10:03:05Z")
1. c) Bill Russell played basketball - the others are baseball players Back on #1, my first guess was Jughead, as he was the only one not known by his real name (which is Forsythe, believe it or not). ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/51 "2010-05-29T00:56:09Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > 1. > > c) Bill Russell played basketball - the others are baseball players However, the Dodgers had a shortstop named Bill Russell (white guy, so definitely not the Celtics star). Yeager was a catcher for the Dodgers, while Lopes played second base for L.A. Woodling was most notably a New York Yankee, so that’s my guess. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/52 "2010-05-29T06:18:24Z")
Right, Sternvogel. 🙂 The Dodgers mentioned were from the Big Blue Wrecking Crew of the mid-70s. Woodling played in the 50s. five more: 1. a) Double Delight b) President Hoover c) Deadly Nightshade d) Queen Elizabeth 1. a) _Rope_ b) _Yellow Sky_ c) _Rear Window_ d) _Psycho_ 1. a) My Lai b) Tet offensive c) Omaha Beach d) Gulf of Tonkin 1. a) Spinnaker b) Topgallant c) Jib d) Broadloom 1. a) Ben Turpin b) Groucho Marx c) Buster Keaton d) Chester Conklin ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/53 "2010-05-29T06:43:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 1. > > a) Spinnaker > b) Topgallant > c) Jib > d) Broadloom d. Broadloom is the odd one out. There others are all types of sails on a sailboat or ship. (In the nautical tradition of dropping letters and syllables whenever possible, I’ve usually seen topgallant as “t’gallant”.)There’s no way you were gonna get this one past me. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/54 "2010-05-29T07:46:33Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > d. Broadloom is the odd one out. There others are all types of sails on a sailboat or ship. (In the nautical tradition of dropping letters and syllables whenever possible, I’ve usually seen topgallant as “t’gallant”.)There’s no way you were gonna get this one past me. 🙂 That reminds me of a Navy cartoon in the \*New Yorker \*during World War II. A sailor is writing a letter and asks his bunkmate, “How many apostrophes in ‘fo’c’sle’?” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/55 "2010-05-29T08:37:38Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > 🙂 > That reminds me of a Navy cartoon in the \*New Yorker \*during World War II. A sailor is writing a letter and asks his bunkmate, “How many apostrophes in ‘fo’c’sle’?” I’ve been in a fo’c’sle, and I’ve braced a t’gallant. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/56 "2010-05-30T03:17:10Z")
1. Omaha Beach was a World War ii site, while the other places were affiliated with the Vietnam conflict. 1. Buster Keaton was not known for wearing a mustache. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/57 "2010-05-30T09:59:53Z")
1. c) Omaha Beach ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/58 "2010-06-06T09:00:10Z")
1. c) Deadly Nightshade is not a variety of rose. 2. b) \*Yellow Sky \*was not a Hitchcocok movie. I’ll try 5 more: 3. a) Narragansett Bay b) Hampton Roads c) Firth of Forth d) Long Island Sound 42. a) Making an imaginary golf shot when coming onto the stage b) Switching a radio and getting funny messages c) Coming up with some gag and getting a pie in the face d) Losing a battle of wits to a lion puppet 43. a) Laodicea b) Thessalonica c) Sardis d) Pergamum 44. a) Johnny Unitas b) Ricky Henderson c) Ty Cobb d) Lou Brock 45. a) Inchion b) Taipei c) Seoul d) Uijongbu ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/59 "2010-06-06T13:45:33Z")
41 c) Firth of Forth is in Scotland, not the US 43 b) Thessalonica is not one of the seven churches mentioned at the start of the book of Revelation 45 b) Taipei is in Taiwan, not South Korea ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888/60 "2010-06-06T22:38:32Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > or even better yet, this occurred to me on preview > > [spoiler]Earhart > > The other three circumnavigated the globe. She didn’t quite make it > [/spoiler] Neither did Magellan. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/find-the-one-that-doesnt-belong/538888.md?page=4)